The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrew East & Sara Kentish finished 689th of 918 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Sydney 2026, in 1:27:13.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:36. The race faded late: the second half went 3:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 2:11 faster than the average race this season, by 884 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 4:49v median +0:25
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 5:33v median +0:43
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Block 03 9:07Running 3 5:48v median +0:46
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Block 04 9:41Running 4 5:43v median +0:38
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 6:11v median +0:57
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 6:12v median +1:02
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Block 07 11:00Running 7 6:28v median +1:14
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Block 08 13:23Running 8 9:08v median +1:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:17
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 909
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 909 mixed teams who finished.